Packaging shingles



H. ABRAHAM A PACKAGING SHINGLES I July 3, 1923.

Filed March lO, 1922 Patented July 3, 1923.A

UNITED STATES HERBERT ABRAHAM, F

NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE RUBEROID COMPANY A CORPORATION OF N EWJERSEY.

PACKAGING SHINGLES.

Application mea umn 1o, 1922. s'rm mi. 542,564.

To all whom it my concem:

Be it known that I, HERBERT ABRAHAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city, county, and State of New York, 5 have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Packaging Shingles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to the lart of packaging composition shingles orshingle strips of the type having recesses in. one or more of vtheiredges.

It has been the practice heretofore to supply shingles and shinglestrips in packages or bundles and to rely upon the users or roofers toprovide they nails to Afasten them.

To secure the best'results it is desirable that nails protected with lazinc or non-corrosive coating be used, because if uncoated nails areemployed they are apt to be destroyed in a comparatively short time bycorrosion.

While the manufacturers of roofing material recommend the use of anon-corrosive nail they have no practicable means of knowing whether ornot the users actually employ this type of nail in laying the roof.

Errors 1n judgment or carelessness on the part of the user in selectinga proper type of nail is liable to result in an unsatisfactory roof.Such error or carelessness not only4 causes dlssatlsfactlon to the userbut 1s also.

liable to cause injury to the manufacturers reputation as the fault islikely to be attributed to defectivevmaterial rather than to the use ofimproper nails.

The object of this invention is to provide a compact package or bundle.containing 'both the shingles, or shingle-strips, and receptaclesholding a suicient quantityv of- I Ytached nail-contamer, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view.of .a plurality of shingle stripsarranged in stack form.

la package is not only advantageous to the- Figure 3 'is a perspectiveview of Aa de"-A The package comprises a stack 1 of shingles or stripsof the character having recesses in one or more of their edges, whichrecesses register with one another to form a uniform groove or channel 2in a wall of the stack.

3 indicates a box-like container or receptacle whose contour iscomplementary to that of the groove 2 so that when the containerv is'placed in the groove it will fit snugly therein, with the'outer wall ofthe container iiush with the wall of the stack. The container is adaptedto hold a quantity of the non-,Corrosive nails that are supplied by themanufacturer of the roofing andthat are intended to be used in fasteningthe shingles or strips to a roof. c

In forming the packages, the nail-containers 3 are placed in the grooves2, and rectangular shaped heads 4, made of wood orv other suitablerigid'material, are placed `on the top and bottom of the stack 1, the.

heads serving both to protect the stack and to prevent endwise movementof the nailcontainers. Where the stack isl materially taller than thenail-container, the length of the groo'ves may be suitably reduced byreversing some of the shingles at .the bottom and top-of the stackrespectively.

The packages are then fastenedv or bound with ties 5 of wire, metaltape, or other suitable material, extending around its sides, top andbottom. Oneor more containers 3 form a part of each package. Thesecontainers not only serve tohold the nails but .also have a sti'eningeffect on the package itself by preventing the shingles or strips fromshifting laterally. i

What I claim is: L 1. A package comprising a plurality of similarlyrecessed rooting elements arranged with the recesses in registration toform a groove, a nail-container of a shape complementary to that'of thegroove fitting in the groove, and 'fastening means binding said partstogether.

2. A packagecomprising a ystack'of similarly recessed roofing elementsarranged with the recesses in registration to formM a groove in a side.of the stack, a nail-container fitting snugly in the groove withits'outer wall 'ilush with the side of the stack, and fastening meansbinding said parts together. f

3. A package comprising a plurality of similar roofing elements, eachYhaving a recess in at least one of its edges, stacked Wlth.

the recesses in registration to form a unif the stack to bind the partstogether.

4., A package comprising a' plurality of ysimilarly recessed roongelements -stacked with; the recesses in registration to vform a groove,a .mail container disposed in the Leeoee roove with its youter wallsubstantially usb with the vvalliofl the stack, and fasteningmeansbinding said parts together and securing the nail container in thegroove.

5. A package comprising a `plurality of rooing elements superposed onone another and bound together to form a stack, said elements being ofSuch coniiguration and so arranged as to provide a groove ina wall ofthe stack, and a nail containersecured in said groove.

HERBERT ABRAHAM.

